LONDON FIRE AND EMERGENCY PLANNING AUTHORITY DISPUTE

Early day motion 705, tabled 9 September 2010 by Baroness Hoey (Labour). Signed by 25 members.

That this House notes the dispute between the London Fire and Emergency Planning Authority and the Fire Brigades Union; is disappointed and alarmed by the Commissioner of the London Fire Brigade's threat to dismiss 5,557 employees under section 188 of the Trade Unions and Labour Relations Act 1992; regards this intervention as unacceptable, as well as hostile and unhelpful to ongoing negotiations; urges both parties to make every effort to reach a negotiated settlement; and calls on the Commissioner to withdraw this unnecessary threat immediately so negotiations can continue in a more positive and less confrontational atmosphere.

Signatures by party: Labour 20, Liberal Democrat 2, Alliance 1, Independent 1, Social Democratic and Labour Party 1.